Friday, June 27, 2008

Yesterday was my mom’s 76th birthday, so we brought her over from the nursing home. We also invited my eldest sister and her fiancé to join us for dinner. I had asked Mom what she wanted for her birthday dinner; but she couldn’t think of anything but chocolate cake so I had to think for her. I tried to make all of her favorites; so I made bbq ribs, my great-grandmother’s recipe for German potato salad (that has a lot of bacon and bacon grease), fried green tomatoes, sliced cantaloupe, and of course–chocolate cake. (Not the healthiest, but she gets so sick of the institution food at the nursing home, and I gave her a really good salad earlier in the week.)

After all of that heavy food last night, I’ve felt like I’ve had rocks in my stomach. I decided that for lunch today I’d make something much lighter and meat free. I didn’t actually figure out that it was potentially vegan until I was figuring out the nutrition information so I could calculate the WW points.

I found the original version of this on an internet recipe site, but decided today that I wanted to make it meat free. It turned out really well, if I say so myself! This is another one of those recipes that I can usually make from food I already have no hand. (I LOVE recipes that don’t require an extra trip to the grocery!!)